Well, the ship [Carpathia] soon took a direction toward the southwest, did it not? Thus, P. Franklin and the owners in New York do not appear to have influenced the decision, since they were willing to move the passengers out of Halifax. Obviously, the senators strongly suspected that Rostron came back to New York, and not Halifax even though Halifax was closer , at the instigation of Ismay. It was hardly a chance. Of course it was a chance, but at the same time I knew quite what I was doing.
I considered that I was perfectly free, and that I was doing perfectly right in what I did. He even levied a shot at ordinary passengers. Have you any kind of knowledge at all regarding the force of the impact which wrecked the Titanic? I know nothing about it, sir. I have not asked any questions about this kind of business. I knew it was not my affair, and I had little desire to make any of the officers feel it any more than they did. Mind you sir, there is only this: I know nothing, but I have heard rumors of different passengers; some will say one thing and some another.
I would, therefore, rather say nothing. I do not know anything. From the officers I know nothing. I could give you silly rumors of passengers, but I know they are not reliable, from my own experience; so, if you will excuse me, I would prefer to say nothing.
Rostron presented himself as a patronizing, self-assured company man who defended the organization, and the industry. Based on the foregoing, he did not turn out to be a particularly credible witness. But between the lines, and among the dots, even the articulate company man of the Carpathia revealed some key facts which would connect him to the bodies.
You picked up that boat. Altogether how many boats did you pick up? There was one lifeboat which we saw was abandoned, and one of the Berthon boats, of course, was not launched from the ship, I understand.
That made twenty altogether. My impression is there is one collapsible still unaccounted for in that? That was in the wreckage. That was the twenty. You picked up and actually took on board the "Carpathia" 13 of the "Titanic's" lifeboats?
One of them you saw; the occupants of the boat were rescued and taken on your boat, but the boat was left in the water? That made the 14 lifeboats.
Then there were the two emergency boats; were they taken on board the "Carpathia," or abandoned? I took them as they came along, and after the whole thing was over we got as many boats as we could. I did not notice which they were. The two collapsibles? It was reported to me that there was another Berthon boat still on board the ship. That makes 19 out of the 20?
It makes the 20 if you reckon the one still left, but I am not reckoning that. It comes to the same thing. If you reckon that one in, of course it accounts for the lot. In fact, as Collins and Senegel have stated, there were other bodies out there. Further, Collins flatly contradicts it. More likely, Rostron saw the bodies out there, had the boats in davits, and seriously considered whether to perform a body recovery operation while passengers were in the memorial service.
Of course, as set. Rostron obviously saw the life belts on passengers who came in life boats to his ship, and saw at least one body floating in a life belt. Leaving hundreds of people out there floating around may have made sense, given the circumstances that Rostron was faced with, including over survivors in severe emotional and physical distress.
But one never knows how the public perceives something. Leaving the bodies behind might have been embarrassing for Cunard. The Germans steered very close to the bodies, and went public with the lurid details. Although newspapers reported that Mackay-Bennett had left Halifax for the disaster sight, there were no reports about the bodies rendered from that ship which were as horrifying as those of passengers aboard the Bremen.
Perhaps he prepared for some sort of body recovery operation. Finally, Rostron is a disappointing witness. On April 15, , at about a. She would silently suffer through six more days and nights of humility, after one last affront. It does seem understandable, and I would think forgivable that Rostron would leave the dead behind--if that's what he did. A rescue effort of hundreds? The most reasonable thing to do if many bodies were witnessed, is to notify the bosses and get a rescue effort underway.
I don't believe it was Rostron's responsibility to undertake such a feat--nor do I believe people would have expected more of him.
Did Carpathia even have the facilities to treat, store and preserve that many dead bodies? Also, I wonder how the currents run there and could a mass of Read full post. Captain Rostron, who deserves far more credit than given here, did the right thing to avoid the dead. There are laws about bringing the dead in to port. Besides the law and the inappropriateness of his gathering the dead, he did his shocked passengers a favor.
The sight of the bodies would certainly have killed some of the overly stressed and exhausted people he rescued. The body and mind can only take so much. Thanks for the records, but no thanks for the absurd commentary and odd positions. I agree with other commenters that the criticism of Rostron is excessive and unnecessary. While reading I kept thinking so?
Why is this or that a big deal? The author seems to want to create controversy at every point and I cannot determine for which purpose. Rostron made the best decisions he could have made at the time and looking for conspiracy theories is pointless. Leave a comment. The state of those bodies would depend on how exposed to currents of oxygenated water — and the deep-sea scavengers that thrive on it — they were over the years.
Broad in The New York Times. That was deep inside the ship. What do the new photos show? The most discussed photo captures leather boots and what appears to be a coat buried in the mud near the Titanic 's stern.
Deep-sea scavengers are less interested in devouring leather than bodies. The way the boots are laid out, says James Delgado, the director of maritime heritage at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA , strongly suggests that they landed there while still on the feet and back of a person. Why is the photo just surfacing now? A cropped version of the photo actually appeared in a book by Ballard, the explorer who discovered the Titanic in and who worked with the NOAA on the expedition during which the images were captured.
Bodies were carried on stretchers by members of the Mackay-Bennett crew and at times as many as bodies were in a heap on the deck where they had been taken from the ice-filled hold.
When it became clear that the Mackay-Bennett was going to need help in recovering the dead, a second ship was despatched, the cable ship Minia, commanded by Captain William George Squares deCarteret.
Montmagny was the third ship chartered by the White Star Line to search for bodies. The last of the four ships contracted by the White Star Line to search for bodies, the steamer ship Algerine sailed under the command of Captain John Jackman.
Whilst performing his duties at the Mayflower Curling Rink in Halifax, Nova Scotia, undertaker Frank Newell had the shock of discovering the body of his uncle, Arthur Newell, whereupon he immediately collapsed from shock. Large swathes of the town were ruined, including the ice rink used as a morgue for the Titanic victims.
Now that you know what happened to the bodies of the Titanic dead, why not read more about the lucky survivors , find out all about the disaster , browse facts about the lifeboats , and see a list of Titanic casualties.
After the recovery efforts, the ships carrying the dead bodies docked at Halifax. Curious onlookers were gathered at the docks to watch as the bodies were transported from the ship to the waterfront.
Per CBC , Halifax was chosen as the location best suitable for bringing the dead, as the bodies could easily be transported from the location to other cities by train or ship if needed, depending on whether the family of the victim could afford the costs. Halifax mourned the loss of lives by putting black crepe on windows and flying flags at half-mast. Of the bodies that were recovered, were buried in three different cemeteries in Halifax.
Those who were identified were given headstones by their families, while unidentified victims had simple headstones saying they died on the Titanic. In , BBC reported that a Titanic expert, Bill Willard, was attempting to test the remains of the unknown individuals in order to finally identify them.
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